Medical and Health Services Managers

What Does a Medical and Health Services Managers Do?

Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
• 2Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
• 3Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
• 4Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
• 5Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
• 6Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
• 7Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services.
• 8Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel.

Required Skills

• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Reading Comprehension
• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Active Learning
• 3DGrid HIPAA Checkup
• AcuStaf
• Adobe Acrobat
• Allscripts healthcare automation software
• Alteer Office
• American Medical Association CodeManager
• Apache Hadoop
• Apache Maven
• Apache Pig
• API Healthcare ActiveStaffer

Medical and Health Services Managers Salary